From:
Steve Austin
Date: 2003-05-31 05:00:42 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Minnie's home from the Vet
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20030531.010451.4004.6.kazpat1@juno.com>
If you are up for it you may want to invest in a glucometer to check the
glucose at home, give you a better idea of how she averages during the
day. It is possible to manage a mild case of insulinoma with a good
diet.
The less carbs and sugars the better, and the ferret food you mention
look good but you can't add up the protein like that- you would actually
take an average of all the foods you mix together, assuming she eats
them equallly and doesn't pick out more of one than the other.
However, since your mix is pretty good ferret foods, I am sure it is
good.
I also found I had to add something extra- like Bob's church chicken
gravy
or a meat baby food once or twice a day.
There really is no reason to hold off the prednisone if she needs it, I
had
a ferret on it for over a year. I also had one on it for 3 days until
surgery can be scheduled. The surgery I have had a real good success
rate
wtih, no guarantees though.
Good luck,
Patty
when I got home and addedup
> ALL the
> ptotein in the 4 bags of ferret food ( ferret store,marshall
> farms,totally
> ferret,zupreem) and she gets 152%protein so she gets more than
> enough. She
> gos back in 2 weeks for another checkup to see what her glucose
> looks like
> then. she dosn't want to put her on pred unless she has too. I will
> keep up
> posted when she has her next check up. Anna and Minnie
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